Nuggets guard Andre Iguodala said Monday that “When Ty’s playing well, we’re playing well.” And lately, Ty Lawson has been playing well.

I did a big piece earlier this season about Lawson’s pop games (or lack thereof). Basically, games when Lawson pops out, stands out, makes a difference. He hadn’t had that many. But in the past seven games (Denver has won six consecutive), Lawson averages 20.3 points, 7.4 assists and 2.4 steals, while shooting 50 percent from the field and 54.2 percent from 3. That’s Tony Parker-y.

“He’s just playing with more confidence, and that tends to happen throughout a season, your confidence goes up and down,” Andre Iguodala said today. “He’s playing right now with the kind of swagger that guys always want to have, when they feel like they can do anything they need to do on offense, whether it’s scoring, passing, penetration, just getting it done.”

“I think it’s really good for our bigs when Ty’s playing well. He’s penetrating, pick-and-rolls become that much more of a threat. It opens it up for guys like Kenneth (Faried). And Kosta (Koufos) does a really good job of finding the open spot and he’s hitting his hook shot. And Gallo has done a tremendous job of feeding off it. really, when Ty’s playing well, we’re playing well.”

Chris Dempsey arrived at The Denver Post in Dec. 2003 after seven years at the Boulder Daily Camera, where he primarily covered the University of Colorado football and men's basketball teams. A University of Colorado-Boulder alumnus, Dempsey covers the Nuggets and also chips in on college sports.